Gail Tsukiyama





Gail Tsukiyama

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Born to a Chinese mother and a Japanese father in San Francisco, Gail Tsukiyama now lives in El Cerrito, California. Her novels include Women of the Silk (1991), The Samurai's Garden (1995), Night of Many Dreams (1998), The Language of Threads (1999), Dreaming Water (2002), and The Street of a Thousand Blossoms (2007).


Average rating: 3.97 · 26,369 ratings · 2,827 reviews · 8 distinct works · Similar authors
The Samurai's Garden
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 9,096 ratings — published 1994 — 13 editions
Women of the Silk
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 7,193 ratings — published 1991 — 14 editions
The Street of a Thousand Bl...
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 4,062 ratings — published 2007 — 19 editions
The Language of Threads
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 2,809 ratings — published 1999
Night of Many Dreams
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 1,185 ratings — published 1998 — 14 editions
Dreaming Water
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 1,104 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions
A Hundred Flowers
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 918 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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“Sometimes you can’t let go of the past without facing it again.”
Gail Tsukiyama, The Samurai's Garden

“Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There's no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving.”
Gail Tsukiyama, Dreaming Water

“Even a snail will eventually reach its destination.”
Gail Tsukiyama, The Street of a Thousand Blossoms

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